At ISO-NE's quarterly Consumer Liaison Group meeting, climate activists asked board members to make all board meetings open to the public and advocated for more transparency into NEPOOL proceedings.

FERC Commissioner Judy Chang emphasized the importance of demand response, long-term transmission planning and gas-electric coordination in her address to the NEPOOL Participants Committee meeting.

FERC approved Order 1920-A, addressing rehearing arguments from the previous order by granting states more guarantees that their views on cost allocation would be considered, among other changes.

The NARUC board adopted a resolution emphasizing the role GETs and high-performance conductors can play in reducing customer costs and improving reliability.

NERC’s 2025 budget is set to rise 8.2% over the previous year to $123 million.

The Senate confirmed Judy Chang to a five-year term at FERC, meaning the commission will be at a full complement of five members even after Commissioner Allison Clements leaves at the end of June.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced all three of President Joe Biden’s nominees to FERC with broad margins in a business meeting.